October BUTS Book Club

Name: October BUTS Book Club
Start: 2025-10-21T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-21T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Black Market Bar+Grill - Avondale

Schedule

Tue Oct 21 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Black Market Bar+Grill - Avondale | Birmingham, AL

Here are the next books so you can plan ahead:
October: twofer month! Zenith Man by McCracken Poston Jr. or We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
November: Heartwood by Amity Gaige
December: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Heartnett
January: Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
February: The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
March: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
April: Good for a Girl by Lauren Fleshman
Location of September book club: Paramount
We'll decide the next book club locations as we go, and we take requests.:)
Reviews of Zenith Man:
“A wild ride of love, death, and justice in small-town Georgia . . . McCracken Poston, Jr shares intimate knowledge of a sensational case. This highly engaging read combines the best parts of hard-boiled true crime with a host of colorful characters, a small-town Southern setting, and Poston’s natural gift for gab. The results beg for an eight-part Netflix series." —Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Wildly entertaining…Zenith Man by McCracken Poston, Jr. is a true crime book but the events described seems more like a John Grisham novel.” —Mystery Tribune
“By turns a humorous character study and a searing examination of the blind spots in our justice system, Poston’s work is an emotionally affecting page-turner sure to be loved by fans of true crime and courtroom procedurals. …Poston’s book manages to maintain an effective balance. Readers will both identify with and trust this narrator and are sure to enjoy riding alongside him through what must have been the strangest case of his career. A propulsive legal drama with a unique case, an unforgettable client, and a flawed but hardworking attorney.” —Kirkus Reviews
“McCracken Poston is a good storyteller and has a good story to tell, with the kinds of twists and turns that will make readers think it’s great fiction—except it all happened.” —Jon Meacham, New York Times bestselling author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Reviews of We Used to Live Here:
"One of the creepiest stories I've ever read! This twisted tale will haunt my nightmares for a long time to come!" -- ― Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"What begins as a Tremblay-ian exercise in ratcheting tension soon peels away to reveal a mind-bendingly fractal horror story that would make even Danielewski sweat. WE USED TO LIVE HERE is an expertly paced and structured nightmare, full of surprises; a thrillingly, chillingly participatory anxiety attack of a book." -- ― Nat Cassidy, Bestselling author of Mary and Nestlings
"Kliewer's gripping debut is a twisted horror novel that blurs the boundary between reality and delusions. A terrifying tale for fans of Christopher Golden's THE HOUSE OF LAST RESORT. Listeners will be hooked from the beginning and may find themselves unable to hit pause." ― ― Library Journal
"A simply riveting read from start to finish, WE USED TO LIVE HERE will prove to be a prized pick for community library collections." -- ― John Burroughs, Midwest Book Review
"Kliewer’s debut is an atmospheric nightmare in all the best ways. This is recommended for fans of intricately plotted psychological novels, such as those by Stephen King, Ruth Ware, and Sarah Pinborough." — Booklist
“Original and extremely scary . . . A frighteningly good debut.” — Kirkus Reviews